In total 50,000 incidents were recorded by the police in 2019 - 31,000 of them on public transport. Photo: AFPParis public prosecutor Rémy Heitz has now announced the creation of a 'pickpocket taskforce' in an attempt to tackle the problem. As well as the police, the taskforce will also involve city transport operator RATP, rail operator SNCF and Paris city hall officials. Transport strikes that severely disrupted Paris public transport provided an unexpected bonus to pickpockets in December as the few trains that ran were extremely crowded. Paris transport authority RATP has previously released lists of the stations which have the biggest problems with theft.

Source: The Local January 13, 2020 10:41 UTC